biombo

See also: Biombo

Galician

Etymology

From Portuguese biombo, from Japanese 屏風(びょうぶ) (byōbu, “folding screen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈombo/

Noun

biombo m (plural biombos)

1. folding screen

Portuguese

biombo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Chinese 屏風 / 屏风 (beng pjuwng)der.

Japanese 屏風 (byōbu)bor.

Portuguese biombo

Borrowed from Japanese 屏風(びょうぶ) (byōbu, “folding screen”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈõ.bu/ [bɪˈõ.bu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjõ.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈõ.bu/ [bɪˈõ.bu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjõ.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈõ.bo/ [bɪˈõ.bo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjõ.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbjõ.bu/

• Rhymes: -õbu
• Hyphenation: bi‧om‧bo

Noun

biombo m (plural biombos)

1. folding screen

   Synonym: para-vento

   • 1899, Machado de Assis, chapter XVIII, in Dom Casmurro, Rio de Janeiro: H. Garnier, Livreiro-Editor, page 58:

     Estremeci de prazer. S. Paulo era um fragil biombo, destinado a ser arredado um dia, em vez da grossa parede espiritual e eterna.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Galician: biombo
• → Spanish: biombo

Further reading

• “biombo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “biombo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese biombo, from Japanese 屏風(びょうぶ) (byōbu, “folding screen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjombo/ [ˈbjõm.bo]
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Syllabification: biom‧bo

Noun

biombo m (plural biombos)

1. folding screen
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Lienzos pintados, como telones de teatro, o más bien como pedazos de monumento de Semana Santa, estaban clavados verticalmente para servir de biombo o abrigo a la cama en que dormían los tres hijos de Caifás, y la armazón de una vieja manga-cruz sin forro tenía dentro ollas rotas, vasos desportillados, una calavera de palo y un libro de palo también, atributos estos dos objetos de alguna imagen de anacoreta.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “biombo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025